sen|ti|ment

sen|ti|ment
sen|ti|ment «SEHN tuh muhnt», noun.
1. a) a mixture of thought and feeling. Admiration, patriotism, and loyalty are sentiments. b) Often, sentiments. a mental attitude or personal opinion: »

What are his sentiments in the matter?

SYNONYM(S): view, thought.
2. feeling, especially tender feeling: »

a sentiment of pity.

3. a) emotional regard to ideal considerations as a principle of action or judgment: »

a man completely without sentiment.

b) such regard carried to or possessed in an excessive degree, especially to the degree of maudlin sentimentality: »

She thinks clearly but her sister is full of sentiment.

4. a thought or saying that expresses feeling: »

a very charming sentiment. “Now, here is a little girl who wants my autograph and a "sentiment' ” (Longfellow).

 SYNONYM(S): maxim, epigram.
╂[< Medieval Latin sentimentum < Latin sentīre to feel]
Synonym Study 2 Sentiment, sentimentality mean refined or tender feeling, or a quality or characteristic showing or produced by feeling. Sentiment suggests sincere, tender, or noble feeling: »

Birthdays are times for sentiment.

Sentimentality suggests affected or false, excessive or exaggerated feeling: »

The sentimentality of the usual soap opera bores many people.


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